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182807P.pdf 08/05/2019 Christopher Sandknop v. Brian O'Connell
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-2807
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Colloton and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Prisoner Case - Civil Rights. Civil rights claim that Sandknop was
deprived of his liberty as a result of misstatement made by former
probation officer to state court was dismissed on absolute and qualafied
immunity grounds. District court did not err in dismissing based on
qualified immunity, as qualified immunity established on the fact of the
complaint. Official does not violate a defendant's constitutional rights
by making an erroneous statement of law to a state court.